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Over the last two days, we found our way to the Chicago Public Library, Grant and Millennium Parks, Buckingham fountain, ate a deep dish Pizza at Giordanos, ascended Willis (formerly Sears) tower and stood on the transparent Skydeck, browsed around Navy Pier, found the Newberry library, rode the El Train to the end of the green line at Cottage …

... in French, talking about travel and such. He has so many amazing stories. When it came time for supper on the flight, which was some chicken dinner, he bought us both a mini bottle of red wine. He said it was his way of thanking me for speaking French with him. To be honest I was kind of glad I got to speak it with someone too, before heading to England. Well, this has been an extremely long blog and I'm tired so I'm going to sign off now. London here I come! ...

... They then got another unanswered goal in the third term and Won the game! Well done Dale :-) :-) As soon as the game finished we exited and walked East again, this time having a better idea where to go from our Monday night experience of the Bulls, and quite quickly got a taxi, thankfully as it was freezing!! It was a really quick drive as the traffic was a lot lighter. We got back to the hotel greeted by a sleeping Sammy and nice quiet TV watching boys :-) ...

... for a while. Walking down Lakefront path, a hotspot for runners, cyclists and tourists (not always a good combination) we couldn't help but marvel at the sheer size of Lake Michigan, we were used to seeing the other side of lakes! With the beaches and only seeing the horizon, both Laura and I kept catching ourselves out calling it the sea!

As we got to Navy pier we got a couple of Italian Ice's with Mango, Lemon and cherry which hit the spot! Brief ...

... train that would be home for the next 56 hours was waiting. Our 'room' consisted of two chairs that faced each other and a bunk bed above our heads which folded up during the day. It was going to be cuddly. Dennis was our attendant for the trip and he came to introduce himself, he was on duty for the whole 56 hours, then had a day off before getting back on a return train!!